Valve Claim Streaming Platform Steam Will Never Have Ads

Valve Claim Streaming Platform Steam Will Never Have Ads

If you’ve ever used Steam, chances are you’re a fan of its simplistic and streamlined layout, luckily for us, it’s set to stay that way.

Speaking to Gamespot in a recent interview, Valve’s Erik Johnson detailed that while it would be profitable for the company to make ad space available in the short term, the long term effects would be overwhelmingly negative for the service.

He said on a possible ad deal with Doritos:

We don’t see a case for that ever getting user value, so we wouldn’t do it. I don’t think that those ever work, either. To take it a step further, I don’t think anybody buys Doritos as a result of that. We tend to focus on long-term relationships. It would be a bad business decision, let alone just dumb.

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With Valve reportedly worth an eye-watering $3billion – and founder Gabe Newell being worth $1.5billion on his own – a large portion of that money comes from microtransactions in games like Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike Global Offensive and DotA2.

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With a library of over 6,000 games, Valve simply don’t need the money from adverts on the Steam platform. The soon to be released Steam controller and Steam Machines should also help keep the company well out of reach of ad money. Happy days!